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New Global Salinity Data: Spicing up STEM in the Classroom

Eighty six percent of global evaporation and seventy eight percent of global precipitation occur over the oceans. Sea surface salinity is a key variable in understanding how fresh water input and output affect ocean dynamics and provide a better understanding of ocean-atmosphere interactions linking the water cycle, ocean circulation and climate variability. The Aquarius instrument is measuring this much-needed variable.

Presented by Christy Herren at the 2012 NSTA National Conference, Indianapolis, IN

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